Authorities say an Alabama man shot his wife and three children before setting their home on fire and fatally shooting himself.Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin told The Wetumpka Herald that that shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute in Redland's Stonegate area. Around 5 p.m., deputies responded to a report of gunfire. Upon arrival, deputies discovered Charlene Ann Orsi, 44, lying dead in the front door of the home. The house was engulfed in flames. Her husband, Robert James Orsi, 50, was also found dead, "most likely from a self-inflicted gunshot would," Franklin said. One of the couple's triplet 12-year-old daughters was dead. The surviving triplets were taken to a Montgomery hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. At last report, the girls were alert and talking to their grandparents. "By the grace of God, these other two children were able to escape the house while he was spewing a flammable liquid which we believe was gasoline throughout the house," Franklin told AL.com. "They were able to get up and scamper out of the house."The couple's oldest daughter, 13, escaped without injury to a neighbor's home. “The 13-year-old saw her mother get shot and fled to a neighbor’s home,” Franklin told the Montgomery Advertiser. “Mr. Orsi then placed the triplets in the house on the floor and shot them multiple times."WSFA-TV reports court documents show that Bob and Charlene Ann Orsi were married in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1994. His wife filed for divorce on June 28, 2018, nine days before the shooting. The sheriff’s office said the divorce happened after accusations of Bob Orsi’s drug use. He denied those claims in a motion in July.Charlene requested full custody of their four children. The couple would have been married 24 years in August.Robert Orsi was retired from the U. S. Air Force and Charlene Orsi taught third grade at Redland Elementary School. Franklin said the department is waiting on information from the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to determine causes of death. “We are certain that the wife died from her gunshot wounds,” Franklin said. “We feel pretty sure that the husband killed his daughter and then shot himself, but with the smoke and heat of a fire involved, we have to wait on Forensic Sciences to be certain.”A GoFundMe page has been created for Charlene's parents, who will "make sure girls have what the need to rebuild and heal from this horrible tragedy."

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Authorities say an Alabama man shot his wife and three children before setting their home on fire and fatally shooting himself.

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Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin told The Wetumpka Herald that that shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute in Redland's Stonegate area. Around 5 p.m., deputies responded to a report of gunfire.

Upon arrival, deputies discovered Charlene Ann Orsi, 44, lying dead in the front door of the home. The house was engulfed in flames.

Her husband, Robert James Orsi, 50, was also found dead, "most likely from a self-inflicted gunshot would," Franklin said.

One of the couple's triplet 12-year-old daughters was dead. The surviving triplets were taken to a Montgomery hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. At last report, the girls were alert and talking to their grandparents.

"By the grace of God, these other two children were able to escape the house while he was spewing a flammable liquid which we believe was gasoline throughout the house," Franklin told AL.com. "They were able to get up and scamper out of the house."

The couple's oldest daughter, 13, escaped without injury to a neighbor's home.

“The 13-year-old saw her mother get shot and fled to a neighbor’s home,” Franklin told the Montgomery Advertiser. “Mr. Orsi then placed the triplets in the house on the floor and shot them multiple times."

WSFA-TV reports court documents show that Bob and Charlene Ann Orsi were married in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1994. His wife filed for divorce on June 28, 2018, nine days before the shooting.

The sheriff’s office said the divorce happened after accusations of Bob Orsi’s drug use. He denied those claims in a motion in July.

Charlene requested full custody of their four children. The couple would have been married 24 years in August.

Robert Orsi was retired from the U. S. Air Force and Charlene Orsi taught third grade at Redland Elementary School.

Franklin said the department is waiting on information from the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to determine causes of death.

“We are certain that the wife died from her gunshot wounds,” Franklin said. “We feel pretty sure that the husband killed his daughter and then shot himself, but with the smoke and heat of a fire involved, we have to wait on Forensic Sciences to be certain.”

A GoFundMe page has been created for Charlene's parents, who will "make sure girls have what the need to rebuild and heal from this horrible tragedy."